You might remember the meaning of the character 廊 with this easy mnemonic:
From my porch you can see the dotted cliff (广) with its cute polka dots (丶) on the top. You'll also see people stopping (艮) by to see this marvelous cliff so close to the city (阝).
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.